Marek Koćmiel

Marek Koćmiel was born in 1958 in Opoczno, Poland.^[1][2] He had graduated from the Faculty of the Maritime Transportation of the Szczecin University of Technology.^[3] During his studies, in 1980, he waa co-founder of his university division of the Independent Students' Association, and a member of the redaction of oppositionist newsletter Muchomor.^[4][5]

From 1990 to 1994 he was a member of the city council of Szczecin, Poland, and from 1990 to 1991 he was a deputy mayor of the economics matters. Koćmiel was a member of the Liberal Democratic Congress, and later, the Freedom Union, of which, he was a chairperson of its division in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. He left the party in 2001.^[3][6] From 1998 to 2000 he was a member of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship Sejmik.^[7] On 24 January 2000 he was appointed by the city council as the mayor of Szczecin, and served until 25 May 2001.^[3] He had retired from politics and operates a private business.^[2]